Large City: Qök Göldruktlōl Gri

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri
Example Wood Elf architecture.
StateIrus
ProvenceJizanuta Diocese
Sub ProvenceLokrimokha Parish
RegionZë-dîke Brush
Founded1333
Community LeaderLord Helêm
Area199 km2 (79 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp18°C (64°F)
Average Elevation6034 m (19796 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation108 cm/y (42 in/y)
Population46860
Population Density235 people per km2 (593 people per mi2)
Town AuraTruename Magic
Naming
Native nameQök Göldruktlōl Gri
Pronunciation/qo˞k/ /go˞lˈdruktloːl/
Direct Translation[mobile; portable] [castle]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri (/qo˞k/ /go˞lˈdruktloːl/ [mobile; portable] [castle]) is a temperate Large City located in Lokrimokha Parish, Jizanuta Diocese, within the Irus.

The name Qök Göldruktlōl Gri is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qök Göldruktlōl Gri was founded by Gasafri, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Qök Göldruktlōl Gri receives an average of 108 cm/y (42 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Qök Göldruktlōl Gri covers an area of nearly 199 km2 (79 mi2), and an average elevation of 6034 m (19796 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1333, by Gasafri. The establishment of Qök Göldruktlōl Gri was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's construction back out of the project. Gasafri pushed on reguardles, and Qök Göldruktlōl Gri was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qök Göldruktlōl Gri is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive cobblestone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's robustly designed timber walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Qök Göldruktlōl Gri shows Qök Göldruktlōl Gri as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The city has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Qök Göldruktlōl Gri places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within Qök Göldruktlōl Gri. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's parks.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Qök Göldruktlōl Gri.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Gravedigger's Guild, which is responsible for collecting the dead and laying them to rest according to all applicable laws and religious customs.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Highwayman's Guild, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large City. Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a public schooling program overseen by the Hall of Sages who has the responsibility of ensuring access to affordable high-quality education in all basic classes (Reading, Writing, Mathmatics, General Sciences, General Arcana, and Social Education) is made available to all citizens.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Qök Göldruktlōl Gri the stars are always right.

The Apallie near Qök Göldruktlōl Gri are known to be quite timid.

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

Economy

The following information was obtained via the Imperial Census Bureau as part of the Eyom Economic Outreach Program. It differs from Standard Imperial censuses in that many of Tom's citizens, regardless of culture, work in more than one occupation or hold more than a single job. The Imperial Census Bureau has ruled that a job is a job, hence, the intigers within the data presented here can count an individual more than once.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 96
  • Farmers: 130
  • Farm Laborer: 213
  • Hunters: 173
  • Milk Maids: 133
  • Ranchers: 63
  • Ranch Hands: 121
  • Shepherds: 117
    • Farmland: 188377 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 11715
    • Poultry: 140580
    • Swine: 9372
    • Sheep: 468
    • Goats: 93
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 4686

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 85
  • Blacksmiths: 108
  • Bookbinders: 61
  • Buckle-makers: 62
  • Cabinetmakers: 101
  • Candlemakers: 151
  • Carpenters: 153
  • Clothmakers: 130
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 50
  • Coopers: 117
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 67
  • Copyists: 45
  • Cutlers: 39
  • Fabricworkers: 104
  • Farrier: 407
  • Furriers: 30
  • Glassworkers: 180
  • Gunsmiths: 102
  • Harness-Makers: 44
  • Hatters: 90
  • Hosiery Workers: 34
  • Jewelers: 50
  • Leatherwrights: 133
  • Locksmiths: 47
  • Matchstick makers: 73
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 68
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 61
  • Paper Workers: 66
  • Plasterers: 63
  • Pursemakers: 82
  • Roofers: 52
  • Ropemakers: 47
  • Rugmakers: 46
  • Saddlers: 90
  • Scabbardmakers: 107
  • Scalemakers: 51
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 31
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 45
  • Shoemakers: 44
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 153
  • Tailors: 267
  • Tanners: 60
  • Upholsterers: 67
  • Watchmakers: 61
  • Weavers: 142
  • Whitesmiths: 37

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 32
  • Arcana Sellers: 32
  • Beer-Sellers: 66
  • Booksellers: 68
  • Butchers: 130
  • Chandlers: 111
  • Chicken Butchers: 112
  • Entrepreneurs: 47
  • Fine Clothiers: 106
  • Fishmongers: 114
  • Florists: 29
  • Potion Sellers: 80
  • Resellers: 180
  • Spice Merchants: 64
  • Wine-sellers: 101
  • Wheelwright: 72
  • Woodsellers: 45

Service workers

  • Bakers: 223
  • Barbers: 208
  • Coachmen: 71
  • Cooks: 173
  • Doctors: 102
  • Gamekeepers: 69
  • Grooms: 41
  • Hairdressers: 187
  • Healers: 124
  • Housekeepers: 146
  • Housemaids: 234
  • House Stewards: 146
  • Inns: 45
  • Laundry maids: 83
  • Maidservants: 167
  • Nursery Maids: 90
  • Pastrycooks: 173
  • Restaurateur: 167
  • Tavern Keepers: 187

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 63
  • Bleachers: 42
  • Chemical Workers: 27
  • Coal Heavers: 101
  • In-Town Couriers: 104
  • Long Haul Couriers: 106
  • Dockyard Workers: 97
  • Gas Workers: 23
  • Hay Merchants: 40
  • Leech Collectors: 135
  • Millers: 108
  • Miners: 104
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 74
  • Postmen: 111
  • Pure Finder: 60
  • Skinners: 142
  • Sugar Refiners: 26
  • Tosher: 74
  • Warehousemen: 161
  • Watercarriers: 105
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 130

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 58
  • Alchemist: 69
  • Clerk: 101
  • Dentists: 45
  • Educators: 135
  • Engineers: 66
  • Gardeners: 46
  • Mages: 35
  • Plumbers: 51
  • Pharmacist: 57
  • Professors: 20
  • Scientists: 36
  • Wizards: 20

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 44
  • Bankers: 68
  • Civil Clerks: 114
  • Civic Iudex: 53
  • Consultants: 31
  • Exorcist: 99
  • Fixers: 55
  • Kami Clerk: 92
  • Landlords: 89
  • Lawyers: 58
  • Legend Keepers: 76
  • Militia Officers: 312
  • Monks, Monastic: 133
  • Monks, Civic: 151
  • Historian, Oral: 106
  • Historian, Textual: 56
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 106
  • Priests: 234
  • Rangers: 60
  • Rat Catchers: 70
  • Scholars: 73
  • Spiritualist: 88
  • Slayers: 26
  • Storytellers: 191
  • Military Officers: 173

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 130
  • Comfort Services: 180
  • Enchanters: 50
  • Herbalists: 52
  • Jaminators: 167
  • Needleworkers: 173
  • Potters: 79
  • Preserve Makers: 133
  • Quilters: 66
  • Seamsters: 275
  • Spinners: 151
  • Tinker: 52
  • Weaver: 123

Artists

  • Actors: 49
  • Architects: 18
  • Bards: 74
  • Costumers: 28
  • Dancers: 55
  • Drafters: 30
  • Engravers: 38
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 22
  • Glaziers: 50
  • Inlayers: 45
  • Musicians: 151
  • Painters, Art: 23
  • Playwrights: 48
  • Sculptors, Art: 41
  • Wood Carvers: 173
  • Writers: 180

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 146
  • Canners: 133
  • Cheesmakers: 151
  • Ice Merchants: 21
  • Millers: 93
  • Picklers: 79
  • Smokers: 59
  • Stockmakers: 55
  • Tobacconists: 76
  • Tallowmakers: 106

17783 of Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

25797 of Qök Göldruktlōl Gri's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3280 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qök Göldruktlōl Gri is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Qök Göldruktlōl Gri. The ice, snow, and wind killed 154 people, 389 livestock, and destroyed 61. The event is remembered as Hate's Breath.

History